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Children should be screened for cholesterol, panel says

As Americans — including even young children — continue to get fatter, their risk for heart disease is climbing too. So a panel of experts now is recommending that all kids have their cholesterol checked at least once between [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Children’s mental health program expands

Point in Time is continuing to help deal with children's mental health issues with an expansion of programming. The child and youth services provider rolled out a program called Working Together for Kids' Mental Health last year a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

No anthrax vaccine testing on children for now

Should the anthrax vaccine be tested in children? It will be a while longer before the government decides. An advisory board said Friday that ethical issues need to be resolved — but if that can be accomplished the vaccine can be te [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Two grants issued to improve children’s health

Two projects in the Central Valley aimed at protecting children from environment health hazards were awarded $198,000 of grants on Wednesday. “Safeguarding the health of children is one of our most important responsibilities, and an [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Risk kids now or later? Ethical dilemma: Should feds test an...

Children would be largely unprotected in the event of an anthrax bioterrorism attack because no studies have been done on vaccine risk, benefits and effectiveness in a young population. On the other hand, subjecting children to vaccine in [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Polio virus confirmed in 5 NWA children

Police virus has been confirmed in five children of different areas of North Waziristan Agency, Geo News reported. According to Agency Incharge Anti-polio campaign Dr Khandad polio virus has been confirmed in five children including four [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Playing politics with our children's health

Over last few weeks I have questioned the intent of Maine's Senator Susan Collins in her drive to overturn school-nutrition recommendations made by our nation’s most recognized medical authority, the National Academies' Inst [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Lubbock Children's Health Clinic's first Kids Fun Fest was w...

Four-year-old Jaiden Gray appeared to a very satisfied customer Sunday afternoon at the Lubbock Children’s Health Clinic’ Kids Fun Fest at Mackenzie Park. Jaiden was in a petting area where parents would hand over a 50-cent [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Building mental health wellness in our children

We've all heard about the mind/body connection. Psychiatrist Dr. Chris Wilkes likes to put a finer point on it. "There is no health without mental health," Wilkes says, explaining that it is profoundly connected to our physi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Study Shows Healthcare Coverage Decline For Houston Children

The study looked at 2,800 families with at least one child under the age of 19. It shows that work-based coverage for dependents dropped from 74 percent in 2008 to 57.8 percent this year. Dr. Angelo Giardino is the chief medical office [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Vaccine bill overrides parents on child health

Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown has a ticking time bomb on his desk: He must sign a recently passed bill by Sunday for it to become law. His signature, however, would set an explosive precedent: The bill would allow children as you [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Poor countries lead in mother, child spending

Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal and some of the world’s other poorest countries helped lead the way over the past year as U.N. member states began meeting their unprecedented pledge of more than $40 billion for maternal and child health [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Joining Up for Women's and Children's Health

Today at a high level meeting, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will review progress made since the launch a year ago of the Global Strategy on Women's and Children's Health. For Clara Muchimba, the midwife at [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Charity warns of risk to children

Hundreds of millions of children around the world are at risk of dying from preventable diseases because they are never seen by a health worker, a report has said. According to research by charity Save the Children, more than 350 million [...]